PSGroove Rockbox

This is a guide to use your Rockbox player to jailbreak your PS3.

The patch disable the Rockbox USB functionality to replace it with a PSgroove functionality.

Readme from Github:

This is a patch for rockbox which replaces usb functionality with that of psgroove.

Currently it is only functional on PP502x targets, and has only been tested on a
5th generation ipod video.

Additionally, the descriptors/payload is the vanilla psgroove data at the moment.
I hope to eventually port Aaron's changes to build descriptors at compile time...
or someone else can do this change and commit it :)

Requirement

- A Rockboxed device using CPU version "PP502x" - Rockbox revision from the same build used by the patch if you want to retain your audio player functionality at the same time

(ex. revision r28154 for 5gen and r28156 for 5.5gen)

Here is the way to check your own device's CPU version :

Start up Rockbox on your device. Then go to System -> Debug -> View HW info.

Compatible devices :

Ipod 4g grayscale
Ipod 4g color/photo
Ipod 5g/5.5g video
Ipod Mini 1g/2g
Ipod nano 1g

Sansa e200/c200
Sansa e260

How to install

You can convert your player either manually, or using the Rockbox-PSGroove installer

RockBox-PSGroove Installer

This method will install a bootloader to your media player to allow you to select which OS you want to use (Original, Rockbox, PSgroove)

Pros :

All the PSGroove Rockbox available at the same place
Install in 2 clicks

Cons :

Only Hermes v1

Rockbox official installation

This method allow you to choose which version of Rockbox and PSGroove you will use.

Using the official RockBox installer, your Media player will boot automatically in Rockbox without Bootloader menu. If you want the bootloader menu, you can install it later using the rockBox-PSgroove installer's "iPL" tab.

Replace device:/rockbox/rockbox.ipod by the one provided by your PSGroove compiled binary

Note :

Rockbox USB IR functionnality will not work anymore, use disk mode (select+play when booting) to connect to computer.

How to use

1. power cycle the PS3

2. Reset the Ipod with Menu+Select (Important !)

3. Connect the device to PS3 and Power+reset the PS3

FAQ

Does the original PSGroove port for Rockbox read bdvd?

No, you have to modify the source and recompile, (patching the rockbox.ipod in an hexeditor doesn't work. Rockbox doesn't boot : checksum error)

How to enable bdvd?

Search for 0x78, 0x78, 0x78, 0x78 and change it to 0x62, 0x64, 0x76, 0x64 (line 1314 of the .patch)

Does the original PSGroove port for Rockbox includes the NoDisc patch by Hermes, for backupManager2.0?

No, you have to use a payload including a Hermes patch.